Combined rail joint and chair.



S. &'0. SWANSON.

COMBINED RAIL JOINT AND CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 24.1915.

IIIIIIILI I III I .JI .L II WT- COLUMBIA PLANQGRAPH co..wAsH|NTON. DY cA S. & 0. SWANSON.

COMBINED NAIL JOINT AND CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24.1915. 1,157,452, Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' To all 'whom may concern:

.It STATES "PATE svEN Swensonv AND osoAR sWANsoN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED RAIL JOINT AND CHAIR.

Be it knownthat we, SVEN SwANsoN and OSCARKSWANSON, subjects of the King of Sweden, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Combined Rail Jointsand Chairs, of which the following is aspecification.

The present 'inventionrelates to improvements in fastening means for joining railway device accomplishing this function without utilizing bolts, thereby -eliminating the yuse of parts subject to .loosening and displace-l ment, and atithe same time, one which` greatly facilitates the operation of connectjing the rail ends.

Our inventionV consists of a rail chair,

clamping mea-ns having interlocking connection therewith and adapted to coperate with the shplates, and means for `actuating said clamping means to cause yclamping action;

` it is further contemplated to'employ a locking element co'acting with the fishplates and the rails and with which the clamping means -also coperates to prevent displacement.

With the above and other objects vin view, this invention 'consists in the construction,

Y combination and arrangement of parts all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed -1 and illustrated in the accompanying draw- Ation to the rail joint.v Fig. 2 is an end ele` ings, wherein:

VFigure 1- 's a vertical sectional view through a device constructed inv accordance with four invention, and showing its applicavation thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional viewtaken on the plane indicated the line 4-4 of Fig. r2. F ig. '5 is a yperspective view of a clamping memberof this device.

Throughout the following detail description, and on the' several figures of the draw- Y ings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawings,the numerals designate therail extremities which are to be joined and 2, 2 the fishplates therefor. Thesev fshplates are located as usual at the side of the rails engaging the webs thereof and the said parts are provided with suitable apertures to receive a transverse locking pin 3 passing through the fishplates and the rails. The rails seat upon a chair 4 which projects laterally from the rails at each side and is formed at its end portions with transclamping member.

Specification of Letters Patent.A f I VVPatented 0015, 19, 1915.

verse recesses 5 therebeneath The chairf4, as will be particularly noted by reference to Fig. 4, isformed at eachv side with longitudinally extending slots 6 each leading to a recess at'the respective side. j

In F1g.'5 of the drawingsis illustrated a clamping member which isfused in conjunction with this device, said clamping member groove 10 and just beneath this groove is v located an opening 11 extending through the At the opposite side or inthe face of the arm extremity is formed a recess 12 which is adapted to receive an end of the locking pin 3 hereinbefore mentioned. It will` be understood that a clamping member 7 is provided at each side of the rails and said clamping members are first interlocked withithe chair by inserting the upstanding arms 9 through the slots 6 and positioning the heads 8 in the 'transverse recesses 5. l/Vhen in this position, the chair is disposed beneath the rail extremities and spikes 13 are driven into the tie 14 von which the chair is located, said vchair being provided withopenings to receivethese spikes which when driven home engage the base flanges of the rail, as shown in Fig. 3.

In order to obtain a proper clamping action of the fishplates against the rail webs,

.spike-like wedge members 15 are introduced into the grooves 10 of the upstanding arms 9 of the clamping members, through the openings 1l therebeneath and into the tie.` Gwing to the wedge-shape of these members, as they are driven downwardly into place, the clamping members 7 are actuated "and caused to clamp against the fishplates at vopposite sides of the rail. In order to obchair is formed vvith a Vshou'lder'ilSJAatthe inthe process of connecting rails. p j' Havingthus described the invention, vvhatA end of eachv of its longitudinal recesses 6,

l said shoulder being adaptedto'receive a pro--AA y jection 20 on the inner end of its Vadjacent clamping member 7. rlhis acts'to guide the Y c movement of the clamping member and pre- 'Y vents binding of the same when vthe Wedgev member l5, coacting therewith, is drivenv into Y Y i 1 memberrandrthe rail chair,lsaid clampingg:

member havingV a recess ythrough which said'` Wedge shaped Amember passes vvherebyc-toV fr ampingv position.

It'willbeobvious from the foregoing description, that' the device enables-the joining together of rail extremities Without .theff necessity of employingthe boltscustomarily utilized.y for attaching ishplatesV and ,Which bolts :very often becomeloose, resultngrin' a separation or spreading of the rails and accidents necessarily following such separal tiongJThe dispensing with bolts .of this character enables the device tolle.. quickly positioned, thereby savingy considerable time We lclaim as neivvis: I

fl. vIn *c combination, rails, ishplates i therefor a'f'rail chairY a; clam jin@ member havinO" an upstanding vkarm adapted for engagement vwith, a'fshplatefmeans interlocking said*y clamping member with the chair, and means Y y respectto the locking means. 40

n interposedbetween the'ar'm'ofsaid clamp.-V

ing .member and .l fthe 'chair iory .calu'slngf clamping action of a Ytishplate'.- t v 2. In combination, rails, ishplates there for,means locking said plates .to the rails, a chair,- clamping means movably engaging the chair Yand Ycoperating with the locking e members aforesaid for preventing displacement thereof, andmeans for holding said f clamping means in coperative relation With 3. In combination, rails, ishplatesY there# c for, means locking said plates tothe rails,

a chair, clamping means'movably engaging` the chair and coperating With-the locking means aforesaidy for preventing displacement thereof, and adjustable means adapt-` ed to` be introduced intermediate thefc'hair and the clamping member and `having'fa 'positive-engagement With the chairfor hold-f ing the clamping member1 inclamping-position. l f

Vmember with respectfto av ishplate; Y

In combination,-rails,ziishplatesthereifs for, a .lockingpinv passing throughsaidilish-y platesl andlthe ra.ils,-a 'railchaiii onftvhich.

fsaid rails areseated,-a movable..y clamping member -disposed ati each Y side of there-rails and ladapted for? engagement with the' fish-g1 plates, each of .said clamping: members hav-' inga Ahead orfinterlocking with therail Ychaiigs'aidl 'clamping members having re-- .cesses to4 receive they loc'liingfpinffor-preventingy displacementof th A means,v interposed bet-'Wleenffthefclamping; v

Vfermento cause clamping action. f

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driven between lthe arm'y Q the- 7 clamping cause clamping action of said-"cl members` Aand the cliair'ikforla 6.'1'Ina combinati rails, av rail; chair ony which. .saidcfr'ailsare flatter,- andV e seated, said chairr being fformed,Withf'trans; Y Y

verse recesses adjacentto 'itsextremitiem'and i' VVAlongitudinali 'slots' Vformed thereingat *each 'side oit-the rails,"clampingmembersjeach` of said i.clamping members y beingg'of shaped formation forzseating Vin the vrecesses of said chair above mentioned, :armsiormed Y on- .saidi` clamping jmembers; projecting.

through they slots .for engagement with the ishplates, Wedge members interposed lie-- tvveen the arms of the clampingpmembers" and tlie' V'chair,"a1`id means on .said chair l`co' acting Withithe Wedge `member for -pfosi-,

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